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Subject: Re: Passing a 2d array into a package and returning the same
 processed 2d back to main
From: James Brewer <firstvestor@gmail.com>
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On Wednesday, October 5, 2016 at 3:18:01 PM UTC-5, Jeffrey R. Carter wrote:
> On 10/05/2016 12:53 PM, James Brewer wrote:
> >
> > Please remember I'm just starting in this language. So if I say anything
> > ridiculous it is not intentional. It doesn't seem to allow for declarations
> > after the "begin" statement. Also, it worked without the package
> > implementation as best as I could tell with my test data.
> 
> Yes, after "begin" but before "exception" or "end" you can only have statements. 
> But it would be a good idea to be familiar with the kinds of statements, which 
> are given in ARM 5
> 
> http://www.ada-auth.org/standards/rm12_w_tc1/html/RM-5.html
> 
> ARM 5.1 lists all the kinds of statements. Of particular interest might be the 
> block statement, described in more detail in ARM 5.6.
> 
> -- 
> Jeff Carter
> "You can never forget too much about C++."
> 115

Implementing the block statement looks like it may have solved the problem. I will test it further.

Thanks for the help